WW2 Pilot’s Holocaust Rescue Secret
As Remembrance Day approaches, many people stop and remember those who have died in wars and those who served in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces but for the family of Second World War pilot Halsey Roscorla, there was little of his RAF days to reminisce over… Halsey...
WW2 @ 80: ‘Life Would Never Be The Same Again’
Ex-Servicemen and women from The Royal Star & Garter Homes have been remembering the start of the Second World War… Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, two days after Hitler’s forces had invaded Poland. Now, as the 80th anniversary of that...
Seeking Family Of Missing WW2 Soldier
The MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre is searching for male family members of a British soldier who was killed in action in October 1944… A British soldier was killed in action in October 1944 and for just over 70 years he lay where he fell until his...
The D-Day 44 Challenge
In 2009 Lt Col. Mike McErlain, with his wife Jo, set up the D-Day 44 Challenge. Sadly, Mike died while doing the run on 6 June 2013, but with Jo’s blessing the event returned in 2018 to raise money for Blesma the Limbless Veterans, Blind Veterans UK and Combat...
